Manufacturing enterprises can face obstacles that make productivity improvement efforts ineffective or even prevent improvement\noperations. This paper reports on an investigation of the internal obstacles restraining productivity improvement programs in the\nmanufacturing enterprises of developing countries, using Oman as a case study.Data required for this study were collected through a\nquestionnaire given to production and operations managers at 51 manufacturing enterprises in Oman.The results of applying factor\nanalysis to a data set of 15 obstacles showed that these obstacles can be reduced to three major factors. Ranked according to their\nimportance, these factors are poor management practices, employee job dissatisfaction, and poor human resource management.\nThe findings of this research are of value to production and operations managers of manufacturing enterprises who are interested\nin conducting productivity improvement programs not only in Oman but also in developing countries with environments similar\nto that of Oman, such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
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